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LightAide Fun and Enlightened Learning

Meet Alexis

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Alexis is special.

She sees the world differently.

And she is the inspiration behind !

LightAide.

LightAide is a new interactive teaching tool for people with visual and cognitive disabilities.

And we want to share its story with you.

“We don’t need to pull Alexis into our

world. We need to help her teach us

what she sees in her world.”

There are 285 million people worldwide with visual impairments

“We don’t need to pull Alexis into our

world. We need to help her teach us

what she sees in her world.”

19 million of them are under 18

This is a huge population and the products currently on the market to aid in teaching and development are overpriced and poorly designed with little focus on the user.

“We don’t need to pull Alexis into our world. We need to help her teach us what she sees in her world.”

Let’s take a look at some examples…

Premium Sensory Room

$11,000

Ladder Lights

$2,000

Aqua Columns

$1,600

APH Lightbox

$840- $2,000

With so many products out of people’s financial reach they turn to a do-it-yourself solution.

Homemade

$50

We wanted to create something better…

Something affordable, functional and fun.

That would benefit everyone!

The Student

The Doctor The Teacher

The Parent

We began designing…

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And testing…

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And more designing…

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And more testing…

And even more designing…

The finished product is something special.

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All ages

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All ages 4 players

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All ages 4 players Tactile

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All ages 4 players Tactile

Quick setup

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All ages 4 players Tactile

Quick setup 244 LEDs

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All ages 4 players Tactile

Quick setup 244 LEDs Lightweight

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All ages 4 players Tactile

Quick setup 244 LEDs

EZ to use

Lightweight

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All ages 4 players Tactile

Quick setup 244 LEDs

EZ to use EZ to update

Lightweight

It took a lot of people to make this happen…

Students have been learning in new ways and teaching us along the way.

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The activities are fun and educational.

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And we’re seeing a new level of engagement.

There are now LightAides all over the world now!

Word is spreading and we’re getting some great feedback thanks to groups like Wonderbaby.

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”We have found that the students are motivated to use and interact with the lessons. The easy to use format is really nice, we found that students are engaged in the lessons and as a result they require less prompting to continue and finish the lesson. This is a great tool for increasing independence in our students.” !

- Andrea Desideri, Speech Language Pathologist

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“Most of the time, the activities in school can’t hold Olivia’s attention for very long. She will then become upset and discouraged and we will need to move on. We haven’t had this problem with LightAide. Her attention and the ability to do the activities encourage Olivia to do well and stick with it!” -Debbie, Paraprofessional

So what’s next?

We’re working on a new and improved website to help improve the experience for teachers, parents and students!

And we have plans to improve LightAide by…

Reaching new users

Reaching new users

Creating new activities

Reaching new users

Creating new activities

Upgrading the interface

Reaching new users

Creating new activities

Upgrading the interface

Upgrading the hardware

Reaching new users

Creating new activities

Upgrading the interface

Upgrading the hardware

Securing new funding

We’re excited at the potential this product has and we can’t wait to help as many people as possible.

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Thank you!

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